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Advisory Committee on civil rules to consider proposed rule changes

The Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts has made available online the agenda book for the April 11-12, 2013, meeting in Norman, Oklahoma, of the Advisory Committee on Civil Rules. The committee will consider the Duke Conference Subcommittee’s proposal to recommend publication of amendments to Rules 1, 4, 16, 26, 30, 31, 33, 34, 36, and 37, as well as Rule 37(e) revisions as approved for publication, reporter’s memoranda on pleading and Rule 23, and emerging topics, including Rule 17(c)(2) and Rule 41(a)(1)(A)(ii).

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